Chapter 6
He likes the two children—of this, she was certain.
But why, if he likes them, wouldn't he even try to fight for them?
The doctors and nurses had long since left. Sofia Hamilton sat quietly to the side, watching the father and daughter chat, laughing and smiling.
This scene felt like a dream...
She even thought it didn't quite seem real.
She had believed she would never see him again.
She had believed that this departure of his would be just like it was five years ago, when he vanished without a trace...
Yet for reasons unknown, this time, she inexplicably hoped he might reappear.
Perhaps it was because work had been so exhausting?
Because she desperately needed someone's support?
And the only person who could give her that strength was him—only him.
When she learned Lily was someone he had arranged to stay by her side, she had secretly wished he would admit it was because he cared for her, because he didn't want her to be involved with Harry Greene.
